Toy



Jan, 19,1926. 1,570,330

L. L. BOYED TOY Filed March 24, 1925 Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOY.

Application filed March 24, 1925. Serial No. 17,991.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS L. Borne, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lincoln and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates .to a toy and has for its principal object to provide a wheeled vehicle in imitation of a horse or similar animal, which may be ridden by the young for the purpose of affording amusement and exercise.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a vehicle of this nature, which may be straddled by the young and guided as necessary.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a toy of this nature, which is simple in construction, reliable in use, strong, durable, not liable to readily become out of order, attractive in appearance, and otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceed, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy, embodying features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking to the left.

Figure 3 is a detail section, taken sub stantially on the line 33 of Figure 1, looking to the right, and

Figure 4E is an enlarged detail horizontal section, taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the body of the toy simulates the body of a horse in the present instance, and includes the major portion 5 and the front portion 6. The front portion 6 has a head 7 supported by a neck 8. v The rear legs 9 are fixed to the rear end portion of the major portion 5 of the body and project therebelow, as is clearly shown in Figure 2. A beam 10 is disposed transversely of the legs 9 at their bottom ends and is provided with a projection 11 extending between the legs and fixed thereto, by suitable fastening elements 12. Wheels 1 are mounted for rotation on the ends of beam 10. A saddle is formed by blocks 15, one fixed to each side of the major portion 5 of the body, at the upper edge thereof and suitably rounded off, at their corners, so that a child may straddle this portion of the body comfortable. The forward edge 16 of the body 5 is rounded, as is indicated in Figure i and provided with a pair of spaced notches or recesses 17. Eye screws 18 or the like are fixed to the rear edge of the front portion 6 and extend into the recesses 17. Fastening elements, such as screws 19 pass transversely through the recesses 17 and through the eyes of the screws 18, so as to pivot the front portion 6 of the body to the major portion 5 thereof.

Supporting legs 20 are fixed to the forward portion 6 and depend therebelow. An axle bar 21 is supported across the lower portions of the legs 20 and have mounted thereon a wheel 22. These wheels 14 and 22 Y are preferably provided with rubber tires, but, of course, may be of any preferred wheel structure. A standard 23 has its lower end bifurcated, by the notch ,or slot 24, so as to straddle the front portion 6 and is suitably braced by the plates 25. A handle bar 26 is fixed to the upper end of the standard 23 so as to be disposed transversely thereof.

From the above description, it will be seen that a child may mount the toy, sitting on the saddle formed by the blocks 15, with the major portion 5 of the body, and by grasping the handle bar 26 coast along and steer the toy vehicle, as may be necessary.

-The device will prove strong and durable because of its simple structure, and it will allow the child using the same to obtain a proper amount of exercise and considerable amusement. It is apparent that the present embodiment of the invention which I have described in considerable detail, has been set forth merely by way of example, and that numerous changes in the details of construction, in the materials, in the size, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention,

-what I claim as new is:

tion being much larger than the front section, said rear section being provided at the forward edge with a pair of recesses, a pair of eye fasteners engaged with the rear edge of the front section, and adapted to extend into the recesses, fastening elements passing through the recesses and through the eyes located therein, a pair of legs depending downwardly from the forward sec- 10 tion, an axle bar extending between the lower ends of the two legs, a wheel journaled on the axle, a pair of supporting legs depending from the rear end of the rear section, a cross beam connecting the lower ends of the rear legs, and wheels journaled on the ends of the beams.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LOUIS L. BOYED. 

